Halter



March 9, 1948. -s. D. KORET 2,437,541

HALTER Fi1 ed Sept. 25, 1944 INVENTOR. J'TEPHAN/E D. V0257- BYW ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 9, 1948 STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 2,437,541 HALTER (FOR WOMEN) Stephanie D. Koret, San Francisco, Calif.

Application September 25, 1944, Serial No. 555,610

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-42) This invention relates to women's personal wearing apparel and in particular to a breast covering and supporter of the type generally known as a halter.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide such a halter which will be simple, adjustable for any figure or breast position or development, yet preferably be free from buckles or mechanical take-up devices, will expose the back to maximum suntan, and withal be comfortable and stylish so that it may be worn at bathing beaches and swimming pools with a pair of trunks to constitute a bathing suit.

Other objects and advantages of my improved halter will appear in the following description and accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the halter laid out as flat as possible.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved halter as it would appear if on a wearer.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of one of the corded bands which are preferably used on three margins of my halter as they provide special characteristics of considerable importance in the completed article. The section is taken along the line 33 of Fig. 1.

A consideration of Fig. 1 will show the fundamentals of my construction and wherein the structure comprises a lower horizontally extending corded band I of a length to extend across the front of the body and substantially half way around the same, and sewed to and extending from opposite ends of which corded band is a softer and more flexible pair of tie straps 2 preferably made of a folded sheath of cloth on the order of a pair of apron strings and of a length to pass around the back of a wearer and be there tied as in a bowknot indicated at 3 in Fig. 2.

Secured to the ends of corded band I (as by sewing) and extending upwardly therefrom are two more corded bands 4 which are long enough to pass upward over the shoulders and also well around the sides of the wearers neck, while extended from these corded bands 4 are tie-straps 5 similar in every respect to tie-straps 2 and of a length to tie in a knot at the back of the wearers neck as indicated at 6.

The breast pocket panels are formed each of a piece of cloth I sewed to the undersides of corded band I and to corded band 4. These pieces of cloth are of modified square shape with their inner upwardly extending edges 8 of somewhat lesser height than the outer vertical edges which are sewed to bands 4, the panels are spaced from one another to form a central gap 9. The upper edge ID, ID of each pocket panel I slants downwardly somewhat toward the inner upwardly extending edges 8 and which slant becomes more abrupt when the halter is worn as will be seen by a study of Fig. 2. From the inner corner of each breast panel extends relatively wide tiestraps H and H adapted to be tied into a knot l2 between the breasts as shown in Fig. 2.

When the halter is laid out substantially fiat as in Fig. 2 the tie-straps will each overlap the opposite breast panel as shown, and are cut off at an angle at their ends as shown at 13 to make a better looking knot. The tie-straps may be made separate and sewed to the panels I, although I prefer to make them from extensions of the panel goods.

The edges of the breast pocket panels and tiestraps are preferably finished as by folding back and sewing so as to make a finished smooth edge. Also to be noted is that suitable tucks or darts M are provided in both panels to form breast receiving pockets, and the size of the pockets may be controlled by the way the tie-straps are drawn in tying them.

The corded bands I and 4 are preferably relatively wide (about 1 inches) and are formed of spaced cords 15 (see Fig. 3) laid in parallel spaced relation between two layers of cloth I6 or one doubled over layer and held in place by stitching between the cords as at ll. This structure provides a band which has thick soft rounding edges which will neither chafe nor cut, and a band which is inherently springy and yielding so that it conforms to the body and will lie perfectly flat at all points in passing around the body and over the shoulders and against the neck without any tendency to wrinkle as will other constructions.

By suitably adjusting neck knot 6 the halter may be raised or lowered to the proper place to suit the individual requirements, and by suitably tying the rear knot 3 the desired tension around the body is quickly had, and by tying the straps H to a knot as at l2 the breast pockets are completely formed and are subject to considerable adjustment both in size as well as in relative position, as the gap 9 may be made to vary in size or be substantially closed by drawing the straps tighter.

The importance of the corded bands in the construction of my improved halter cannot be overstressed, as the peculiar resiliency and slight but. permanent elasticity achieved by the construction not only holds the bands and hence the borders of the supporter from wrinkling or halter in order to achieve the full advantages of my halter.

Other important features of my improved halter which should be noted, are that straps 2 extend downward and outward at about 45 to that when tied in back of the wearer the knot '3 will be way down toward the base of the spine and not between the shoulders like other halters,

and thus expose substantially, the whole of the back'to an even sun-tan, something not possible heretofore. w r

Another feature is that the bands I and 4 which form the frame of the halter are preferably not straight, but are "curved :concavely inward toward thecenter of the body betweenthe breasts an amount substantially as. indicated from the dotted straight lines 20, 2|. This curvingiof these bands is preferably also. continued along their extending tie-straps 5 as indicated, and also along the tie-straps 2 to an amount substantially as indicated from dotted straight line 2 I.

The curving of the bands, and straps,,edgewise as described is important as it makes the bands and straps conform more to the body when the :halter is worn, although the-curves of the freely laid out parts of the halterrasjpointed out in Fig. l donot show when worn as in Fig. 2 where they seem to take almost ;the reverse curves owing to the'three dimensional form of the wearers body with which they have been found to cooperate in producing a permanently smooth'contact.

Halters made in accordance with theabove description while adjustable to a considerable range "of, figures and development may of course be made in several sizes as Well in order to accommodate great differences in the size of wearers.

Having thus described my improved halter in its preferred form of construction what I claim 1s:

1. A woman's halter comprising a body embracing strap of a length adapted to pass around the wearer's body below the breasts and have its ends tied together in back of the body, two upwardly extending shoulder straps secured at their lower ends to the body embracin'gstrap at laterally'spacedpoints beyond thebreasts and said straps being of a length adapted to pass upwardly over the shoulders of the wearer and around the back'of the neck and tie in back of the neck, a pair of separate breast pocket panels of flexible 'material'sewe'd each to the body embracing strap v and to one only of the shoulder straps and with their inner edges free, and each pocket panel provided 'with an inwardly extending tie-strap at its upper inner portion of a length adapted to be tied together'for adjusting thepockets formedby'the panels to the particularw'earer, said body embracing strap and shoulder straps formed of spaced cords stitched between layersof cloth to provide a 'band with inherent springiness and with rounding edges.

2. In a wom'ans halter as set out in claim 1, said body embracing strap being of a length, formed, and'directed, to haveits ends extend to and tie together in back'of the wearer at a'point adjacent the lower part of the spine,

"STEPHANIE-D. KORET.

' file of this patent:

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